The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute has graduated its first class of scholars.
A graduation ceremony was held in September with public health leaders from around Nebraska to commemorate the inaugural event.
The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute is one of twenty-one state or regional Public Health Leadership Institutes.
Each graduating scholar was required to present a poster outlining their year long leadership project. For abstracts of the projects and posters please go to www.greatplainsleadership.org.
The institute is designed for senior and emerging leaders in public and private organizations whose primary mission is to improve the health and well being of populations and communities in our region. In addition, the institute aims to increase the value of public health within these communities through greater leadership in action.
Magda Peck, Sc.D., director of the Institute and UNMC professor of pediatrics and public health said, “now more than ever we need capable and effective leaders who will protect and promote health for all in the communities they serve. Graduating institute scholars are equipped with new skills and fresh perspectives to tackle old and new threats to the public’s health.”
The first graduates of the Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute in the class of 2005-2006 are:
- Chad Abresch, CityMatCH, Omaha
- Tanya Cook, Nebraska Health and Human Services System, Omaha
- Joyce Crawford, South Heartland District Health Department, Hastings
- Vicki Duey, Four Corners Health Department, York
- Cynthia Ellis, M.D., UNMC
- Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., UNMC
- Terry Krohn, Two Rivers Public Health Department, Holdrege
- John Linville, D.V.M., USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, Omaha
- Sue Medinger, Nebraska Health and Human Services System, Lincoln
- Cordelia Okoye, Ph.D., Lincoln-Lancaster Health Department, Lincoln
- Becky Rayman, East Central District Health Department, Columbus
- Josie Rodriguez, Nebraska Health and Human Services System, Lexington
- Connie Schnoes, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln
- Wendy Wells, UNMC, Scottsbluff
The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute is an initiative of the Nebraska Educational Alliance for Public Health Impact (NEAPHI). It is supported in part by funding from the Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center and the Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of Iowa, Nebraska Health and Human Services System, and the Nebraska Center for Biopreparedness Education.
Additional in-kind support comes from UNMC, CityMatCH and other NEAPHI member organizations.
The application deadline for the 2007-2008 year is May 15, 2007. For more information contact The Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute at (402) 561-7562, or see www.greatplainsleadership.org.